Roundup is owned by Bayer (Germany, XETRA: BAYN), which acquired the brand on 7 June 2018 from Monsanto.[1][1] Before Bayer, Roundup was owned by Monsanto from 1974 to 2018.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Roundup is a glyphosate weedkiller launched by Monsanto in 1974 and the best-selling herbicide in the world. Bayer acquired it with Monsanto in 2018 for $63 billion and inherited litigation that has cost it many billions more in settlements and verdicts.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Bayer ownership tree →
Bayer acquired Monsanto for $128 per share in cash, creating the largest agricultural inputs company in the world. Regulators required Bayer to sell substantial seed and crop protection assets to BASF. The deal brought Bayer the Roundup brand and the glyphosate litigation attached to it, which has since cost it many billions in settlements.
No tagged news items yet. Headlines are added nightly from public feeds; only titles and links are stored.
Headlines link to the original publisher. Brandtree does not reproduce article text.
The parent company of Roundup is Bayer, a publicly listed company headquartered in Germany.
Roundup originated in the United States in 1974, but it is owned today by Bayer, which is headquartered in Germany. So Roundup is an American-origin brand under German ownership.
Bayer completed its acquisition of Roundup on 7 June 2018, after announcing the deal on 14 September 2016.
Before Bayer, Roundup was owned by Monsanto from 1974 until 2018.
Yes. As of 6 September 2026, Roundup is still owned by Bayer. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
Report a correction Opens a pre-filled GitHub issue. See our corrections policy.